Day 13 Eucla rest Day 0kms

(Written by Collis)
Woke up to an overcast sky but had a lovely sleep as Kath did also. Sat around the camp kitchen, chatting to the other riders and just not doing much at all.

Went up to the Museum and read about the history of the Gurney family. This was a local family who lived at Koonalda Station which is about 80k east of here. Back in 1974 I worked for a road construction company that built the last section of the bitumen road to the WA border and Neville Gurney used to bring the bore water from the Koonalda Cave to the Road Construction camp, so that we could have showers etc as I remember it was pretty salty. He used to cart water to be used on the road, anyway it was all very interesting and I have very fond memories of this area. The previous night, I had a chat with Rasa the daughter of Steve Patupis the owner and builder of the Motel complex here at Eucla and it's great to know that it is still family owned.
A very restful day, indeed.